“A few moments while the computer records your gun information.” The guard stared at Snyder’s uniform. “How long you been in?”

“Four years.”

The guard laughed. “Four years. When I did my hitch, I had been a corporal for a year. How do you stay so long and still just be a private?”

It doesn’t help when your commanding officer hates your guts and is disappointed you didn’t get hung during your first tour of duty. “How do you stay in your job for so many years without getting a promotion?”